Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) goes up to dunk the ball in celebration after scoring a touchdown against the Buccaneers Sunday at the Superdome in New Orleans. The Saints won 42-17.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
Columnist

The Saints did not know their opponent, destination or game date for the playoffs next weekend after beating Tampa Bay 42-17 Sunday afternoon in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

But they did know what their road menu needs to be so as to avoid being served as road kill again in Philadelphia (10-6), which held off Dallas Sunday night for a 24-22 victory and will host the Saints (11-5) at 7 p.m. Saturday on NBC.

"Coach has got to give us Popeyes in the plane again," wide receiver Robert Meachem said. "Everybody's talking about that. Every road trip in '09 we had Popeyes. Coach needs to bring back the ...